Ellie Goulding and Cindy Crawford
Ellie Jane Goulding grew up in Hereford, England. She was born on the 30th of December 1986. Tracey Goulding Summers is her mother. Her father Arthur Goulding comes from a funeral home family. Goulding has three siblings: A sister Isabel who is older, a brother Alex and another sister Jordan. Alex his younger brother is his bass. Alex also is part of a group from Hereford. At the beginning of her life she was encouraged to study music by her mom. Her first instrument was the clarinet when she turned nine. She started writing her own songs at the age of 14, but it wasn't until after she left for university that she began to seriously pursue songwriting. Goulding was interested in electronic and dance music as she took classes. With the help of MySpace it was possible for her to connect with Frankmusik which helped in the creation of her folktronica. Jamie Lillywhite, a scout in the early days who was also her manager for a while before taking on the A.&R position in the univer...